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Verb: literalise  'li-tu-ru,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: literalize)
  1. Make literal
    "literalise metaphors";
    - literalize

Derived forms: literalising, literalised, literalises

Type of: construe, interpret, see

Antonym: spiritualise [Brit]